The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-11-05
the school hoard, and church member
| It Ia Thought he Is insane.

the school UOaIu, anu ChuiSh hohoS'
1t Is thought he Is insane.
There Is considerable excitement among
stockmen throughout Montana concern
ing the threatening attitude OF the Crow
Indians, who are now reported TO be trying
TO get the Cheyennes to join them In com.
hitting depredations. The Crows are said
10 be the best fixed for war OF any tribe In
the northwest, while the Cheyennes are In
no shape for the war.path.
Sir Thomas Grafton Esmund and Arthur
O'Connor, members of parliament and
champion of the Irish cause, were met at
Battery d., Chicago, on last Friday night
by an audience of at least five thousand
people Both gentlemen made speeches.
The decrease of the public debt for DC
tober Is estimated at $l4,OOO,OOO. The re-
ceipts for the month exceed the eXpendi'
lures by Sl9, 32s,520.
Festal performances were given through
out Germany and Austria Saturday In non.
or of the centenary Of the production OF
Mozart's " Don Giovanni" The perform.
ance at Berlin and Vienna attracted bril-
liant audiences. At Prague there WAS a
procession of musical societies. The cen
tennary enthusiasm over MoZarts great
works Is In striking contrast To the treat
ment of the composer In his lifetime.
While there was no doubt of his wonderful
genius 100 years ago, nevertheless his
tangible reward was so meagre that after
completing his immortal "Requeim" he
died, with the Ink yet wet on Its pages, 70
be buried In pauper's grave, which 10
this day Is unidentified and unmarked.
Two well known lawyers of ShelbyVille
have volunteered 10 defend worthless sot,
(held charged with numbering his wife),
with view TO establish the responsibility
of the saloon men with the crime on the
ground of their having sold liquor to a
habitual drunkard. Great interest Is felt
In the case locally,
1t is said TO be the evident intention OF
the Rock Island road to push forward TO
Denver next year, and the graders VIII DE
kept at work as long as possible this win
ter. The track is now down TO Mankato,
Kan, and the grading completed to Phil
lipsburg, to which point the road will be
opened by the middle of the month. On
the main Kansas lines the iron bridges are
all In place and the road in excellent con-
dition. The Nebraska line has its winter
terminus at Nelson, and there Is report
that 1t will be- pushed out next spring
toward Wyoming and into the cattle region
north of the Union Pacific.
The Standard OH Co., to keep their men
quiet during the stoppage OF production
have adopted q scheme TO divide the spoils
they hope to realize by the forcing OF
prices upwards with the employees. They,
will, says the OH City kilograms, set aside
one million barrels of oil at 62 cents bar
rel, any advance In the vslue OF this OIL TO
be divided among the men thrown out OF
work In consequence Of the shutdown.
To this the Producers Association add
another million barrels at the same price,
to be divided In the same way. The work
ingmen of the region will organize for the
purpose of shutting out all persons who
should not participate In this fund. The
market today closed 10 cents above the
price at which this oil was set aside, show
Ing a profit In the deal TO this time of $780,
600 The money will be paid to the work
ingmen quarterly. The subject presents a
very interesting subject for the consldera-
ton of the mOralist As clever scheme
TO degrade the morals of vast body OF men
(who ought to be taught better things than
living off the money taken from the peck
cts of other men by questionable methods,
this scheme of "divy" Is rather ahead OF
any we have yet had called to our notice.